Stepping Stones, Garden Cottage, Under Loughrigg, Ambleside, LA22 9LN

Stepping Stones is a semi-detached house in Under Loughrigg, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Stepping Stones (30–87 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 54). The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 38.9% below the 2021 sale of £265,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£821/sq ft) was about 122.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £265,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.